In this episode Gary talks about how social media can hurt your personal brand. Social media has arguably become the most powerful media platform, however, social content has also led to the downfall of several businesses that misused the marketing platform, and destroyed their reputation or wasted a ton of money. Not every brand needs to be funny or clever. Over on social media your brand should be welcoming, entertaining and show that you're not all business. But keep your ideal clients in min...
Aug 19, 2021•8 min•Season 2Ep. 165
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary is with Jennifer Greer, Director at Athena Mortgages. Jennifer is one of his mentees who began her self-employed journey in 2020. Jennifer offers purchase and remortga...
Aug 12, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 164
In this episode Gary talks about the power of having a CRM system. Part of running a successful mortgage broker business is managing the relationships you have with your customers. This becomes much easier when you have an effective CRM system. Using the right CRM software will not only assist in generating leads, it will eliminate the chaos from your lead management activities, letting you attract, nurture, and close more deals in less time. Listen to Gary as he discusses the main benefits that...
Aug 05, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 163
In this episode Gary talks about his insights about why, after 12 months of working at home, he and his team have decided to resume their office operations in Chelmsford. The global pandemic and lockdown restrictions forced many UK businesses to move employees to remote working, practically overnight. But has this increase in productivity just been due to home-working? Are there other factors? Can it be maintained? Whether you should be working from home or whether you should be working from the...
Jul 29, 2021•12 min•Season 2Ep. 162
In this episode Gary talks about a HUGE milestone that has been achieved in his business recently - back in December 2020, Gary teamed up with his mentee and good friend, Paul McGowan to provide financial services professionals with the tools and training to make the most out of their current clients and increase their lifetime customer value. But because of the COVID pandemic, their plan was moved and finally on the 1st of July 2021 they managed to run the inaugural 3 day training course. From ...
Jul 22, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 161
In this episode Gary talks about the mortgage world going to come to an end. There’s no doubt that the market situation has changed dramatically, stamp duty has now changed the industry, the pandemic and things like furlough have seen criteria changing constantly. Although there are predictions that the market is going to slow down, the demand for houses is still outweighing supply. Gary firmly believes that there’s still a huge opportunity available for business growth, particularly in 2022. Wh...
Jul 15, 2021•13 min•Season 2Ep. 160
In this episode Gary talks about the Fastest Way To Grow Your Financial Services Business. Scaling your business is hard. It takes considerable effort. It means wearing different hats, being involved with customers on a daily basis and so much more. At the end of the day, it takes its toll on you. As someone who has built a financial business from nothing to seven figures, Gary’s proven growth advice has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs seeking to scale their business. What is covered in today’s...
Jul 08, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 159
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary is with Sarah Tucker, Founder & Managing Director of the Mortgage Mum which she founded in 2019, during her stint on The Voice UK. Sarah wanted to use her platform...
Jul 01, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 158
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary talks about why headlines are so important to your marketing and your messaging, plus why it’s essential to make you stand out from the crowd. Headlines are vital beca...
Jun 24, 2021•8 min•Season 2Ep. 157
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary talks about how you can hit six figures in under 12 months without the stress, without the overwhelm, without the frustration, without the worry, the anxiety and anyth...
Jun 17, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 156
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary talks about paid versus organic marketing. When you’re marketing your business, you want to be sure that you’re using the most effective tactics available. Does that m...
Jun 10, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 155
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary is with Paul McGowan, Managing Director and expert mortgage and protection adviser. With over 21 years’ experience within the industry, Paul is very passionate about h...
Jun 03, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 154
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary talks about the five mistakes that stop you getting to six figures and beyond. As a seven-figure mortgage brokerage owner and multiple business operator Gary has preve...
May 27, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 153
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary talks about that mindset shift of going self-employed and taking on that first recruit into your business. Hiring your first employee is a huge step for your business ...
May 20, 2021•9 min•Season 2Ep. 152
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary talks about how you can double your business in the next 12 months, whether you are starting out or scaling by adopting a few core business growth principles into your...
May 13, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 151
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this - celebratory 150th episode of the podcast - Gary talks how he managed to remove himself from the day-to-day operations, mortgage brokerage and managed to make it 90% passive since...
May 06, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 150
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary talks about how to achieve work life balance, especially if you are in a Mortgage or Financial Services based sector. After spending more than a decade in business Gar...
Apr 29, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 149
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this episode Gary chats to Matt Poole who shares the journey that he’s been on from being employed in the endowment claims industry before getting interested in the mortgage sector. Mat...
Apr 22, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 148
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Summary of show: In this episode Gary talks about marketing as the number one function in a business. Most entrepreneurs are worrying about sales, but not doing any marketing. Gary believe...
Apr 15, 2021•10 min•Season 2Ep. 147
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! In this week’s episode Gary is with Dan Holtz, CEO and co-founder of Sovereign Lending which has been recognised by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies. What Is...
Apr 08, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 146
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary talks about lead generation this week and if it's working for you. Are you getting the leads and clients right now? If not, something has to change. Once you have your leads and you k...
Apr 01, 2021•17 min•Season 2Ep. 145
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary welcomes his right hand man, Jack Whitby on the show this week as the guys discuss all things social media. The first 100 episodes of this podcast would not have happened without Jack...
Mar 25, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 144
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Do you buy in your leads? Do you spend a lot of money every single month with not much back? Gary talks about the importance of lead generation and answers questions like - why do mortgage...
Mar 18, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 143
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary talks to Phil Treadwell, a 17 year veteran of the mortgage industry, one of the top producing mortgage bankers and independent brokers in the U.S, national director of sales, innovati...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 142
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary talks about a common question coming up in his online communities about recruitment in particular apprentices. What’s the difference between apprentices, Kickstarters and other govern...
Mar 04, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 141
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary chats to Ash Borland, a legendary guest expert with an excellent beard, gorgeous hair and an absolute genius when it comes to personal branding. They chat about why it’s vital for fin...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 140
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary talks about the number 1 mistake he sees amongst his clients, not mortgage clients but the service based business owners, the IFA’s, the mortgage brokers, the insurance advisors that ...
Feb 18, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 139
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Nathan Winch is Gary’s guest on this episode of the Financial Pro Podcast. Nathan Winch is an entrepreneur, property investor and bridging lender. Nathan has an impressive employment histo...
Feb 11, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 138
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary chats about the number 1 trait you need to have more success. After working with mentees and looking at his own mentors, he consistently sees this one trait in all of them and wants t...
Feb 04, 2021•11 min•Season 2Ep. 137
From motivation to mindset, personal branding to perseverance, you will learn tried and tested ways to generate leads, increase your sales and build a strong lifestyle business. Gary Das takes you on an entrepreneurial journey of education, inspiration, and motivation to help you become a Pro of your industry! Gary chats to mortgage industry legend Ying Tan of Dynamo, he set up one of the leading buy-to-let brokers in a niche environment, rebranded it which in turn is now ‘Dynamo’. He’s an autho...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 136
